that left-hand turn saved your life - dan robinson and tim samaras were probably about 30 seconds ahead of you on that road, and we know what happened to them.
One of the best El Reno vids, easy. You had a fascinating view of it from the north as it began to wedge out. You can actually see the funnel where it's rainwrapped in most other vids. Like everyone else is saying, probably saved your lives turning left instead of going straight. Glad you guys made it out safe.
This video is one of the key pieces of evidence that shows the El Reno tornado wedging out over Reuter RD during the time the Twistex vehicle was being overtaken. When Mark turns left off of Reuter onto northbound HWY 81, you see headlights of a vehicle heading west on Reuter approaching HWY 81. I believe (have not confirmed) this was a chase vehicle that turned onto Reuter right behind the Samaras vehicle, but quickly decided to turn around realizing going east was a bad idea. Your video from I-40 from the ~5:40 mark was shot between Alfadale and Radio roads. At one point the camera points up at the wild inflow bands feeding the tornado cyclone. An interesting observation is how low the cloud base is around the tornado when it comes into view and wedges out. This was the parent wall cloud/SVC (streamwise vorticity current) that was feeding the tornado cyclone vertically tilted and stretched vorticity. The tornado became separated from the wall cloud after the first few minutes of it's life as it tracked southeast then east, while the wall cloud moved generally due east. A massive RFD surge pushed the tornado quickly east across HWY 81 while a DRC (descending reflectivity core) occurs around the north side of the tornado between it and the wall cloud to the north. As this DRC dumps heavy precip around the north side of the tornado, it caused the tornado to become completely rain wrapped to those viewing it from the north as it approached HWY 81. The DRC weakens east of HWY 81 while the intense RFD surge around the south side of the tornado pushed it northeast. As this occurs, the tornado begins to merge back into the parent wall cloud/SVC. My guess is the DRC acted as a "barrier" separating the tornado and the wall cloud (think density current), and once the DRC had weakened, the "barrier" was gone and the tornado made a beeline north back into the wall cloud. Kathryn Piotrowski and a chaser with Jim Bishop (both teams under wall cloud east of HWY 81 on Jensen RD and I-40 respectively) remark in their videos that their ears are popping. My guess is there was an intense pressure drop under the wall cloud as the tornado was being absorbed back into it. The pressure drop created a vacuum that pulled the tornado north? Once the tornado merges with wall cloud (over Reuter RD and the Twistex team) it becomes stationary and the wedge maxes out in size/intensity. It is at this point the El Reno tornado is at it's peak. Unfortunately the Samaras vehicle found themselves right in the middle of it. Brendon Lindsey's video: ruclips.net/video/nZlSJF5ZhEY/видео.html shows the rain/hail core dump on the north side of tornado, separating the tornado (left/south) from wall cloud (right/north). He narrowly escapes the grasp f the tornado as it lunges across HWY 81. Jeff Piotrowski's video: ruclips.net/video/KX8o2loAMhY/видео.html was shot from Jensen RD and he has among the best video of the sub vortex emerging from the rain and wedging out over Reuter. His video does cut out as they approach Radio RD and cuts back in at Evans RD. Kathryn comments about her ears popping. Notice the lowered cloud base to the right of the sub vortex as it emerges from the rain and how it starts to pull scud into it from the wall cloud and begins to quickly grow. In Jim Bishop's video: ruclips.net/video/IhFw0t6f20Y/видео.html you can see their vantage point from I-40 looking southwest as the sub vortex emerges from the rain. You can even see the presumed headlights of the Twistex vehicle (right/west) of tornado and Dan Robinson's headlights (left/east) of the tornado. A reddit user did some photogrammetry and calculated the locations of the headlights match up perfectly with Robinson's and Twistex's known locations at that time: www.reddit.com/r/tornado/comments/p2ck1p/thoughts_about_el_reno_tornado_2013/ Again, note the wall cloud to the right/north of the sub vortex and how the vortex merges with the wall cloud and wedges out. This is the best angle we have and it's quite telling. Anyway, I am impressed with the situational awareness you guys had, realizing the tornado was turning to the northeast and that taking Reuter RD and continuing east was a bad idea. As others have noted, that decision likely saved your lives. At the end when you all drive into the tornadic circulation on I-40 you were at least aware of what you were doing and where the tornado was relative to your position. Great video! El Reno has undoubtedly haunted those of us who chased it, whether it was because we had close calls ourselves, or knew/know chasers who had close calls or perished in the storm. It's been nearly 10 years and it's still hard to fathom what happened on that tragic Friday afternoon. RIP Twistex, Richard Henderson, and everyone else who perished in the storm. May your memories be eternal.
You are right that is Randy Walton heading back to 81 after turning around. You can also see the tail lights of Emily sutton and the 4warn suv heading east. You can see the 4warn vehicle in Randys video after they turn around. Also I do not believe those headlights are Dan and Twistex. I believe it is Tim Marshall and Jeff Pitrioski who were directly north of twistex on Jensen. If that was Dan and Twistex then you should also be able to see Tim and Jeff who were a mile closer in the same spot but you cant so it has to be Tim and Jeff.
@@betterthanmost9549 yeah, I have gone back and forth on who's headlights those are, and you make a valid point that if you could see Twistex and Dan, you should also be able to see Jeff and Tim.
If you had kept going straight instead of turning left on HWY 81, you wouldn't of made it out alive. Scary stuff, great video, the strongest rear inflow jet I've seen on video that close. Also note: I believe that semi that kept going ahead of you on I-40 is the same semi that rear-ended that Aussie storm chaser and the winds then promptly threw that semi on it's side (the driver and storm chaser were both okay, no serious injuries). You guys chased a historic one.
Quite possibly the best video in this storm out there! Had me biting my nails, and I'm not even a nail bitter! Glad u made it ok without having to hit the ditch line! Great video!
Me too! That one turn, had they taken it, they may not have lived to see another day. Reuter Road. Kudos to whichever one, said, "I don't think we can."
7:05 incredible footage in bears cage under inflow jet. everytime I think I have viewed every bit of el reno footage available to the public, something else surfaces. Obsessed with every angle and that footage @ 7:05 tho short, is visceral. Anyone who chases has more than a degree of blind-faith which allows them to do this job, Glad you survived this behemoth guys😌
The bear's cage is a metaphor to describe a rain wrapped tornado. The curtains of rain wrapping around the tornado are the cage. The tornado is the bear.
@@GregMc_wx great explanatiom! And you can literally see that jet whipping above them @ 7:05 where passenger takes camera and points it at sky. The jet looks like Baja peninsula, spinning. It's like a funnel. Actually maybe it is a satellite suction vortex. Anyway,it's eerie way too close. These guys were pretty chill,despite
7:35 I believe that's the truck that nearly hit Daniel Shaw. It did go over when it's trailer was lifted off the ground, and Daniel pulled his car behind it to get some protection from the wind.
Great and important video because it shows this tornado from vantage points not captured well in other videos of it - that is, from the north of it as it is strengthening and widening in the area around and past 81 until it got to I-40. Its a good thing you turned north onto 81 from Reuter instead of going straight because you may have gotten dangerously trapped in the tornado on Reuter another mile past 81. Another 2 miles straight on Reuter east of 81 is where the Twistex car was found.
3:22 those headlights seen there are the headlights of Randy Waltons vehicle. Just about a minute before, he was travelling north on 81, and captured Dan Robinson and the Twistex crew crossing 81. He decided to follow, but he then noticed the tornado's left turn, and whipped the car back west. Had he continued east on Reuter, he would have had the same fate as Tim Paul and Carl, being rolled and tossed.
Tornadoes are a fascinating phenomenom to begin with. This monster is an anomaly and certainly mesmerizing, majestic and horrifying all at once. The shear power yet delicate nature of this beast has a nagging lure that is hard to overcome ..... a true killer indeed. Luckily only 8 (I think it was 8) did not survive...... probably should have been many more.
Wow! The best footage out there for sure! Obviously very lucky to have lived through it! Can’t believe this is the first time I’ve seen this! Thank GOD you lived through it!
sorry took so long to reply thanks for viewing video. I do appreciate your comments and insight on that day. I really do appreciate the information you provided. Thanks again.
I chased the Moore tornado....i'm so glad i decided that morning not to go out toward el-reno....i saw all the chaser's and looked at the road network and said hell no....glad you made it.
One of my favorite videos. I always visit this site in the spring. This storm reminds me of a hurricane. When you are sitting in the ditch and the driver takes the camera and points it into the sky, you can see somewhat the structure of this beast. Maybe the guys at the radio station are playing a pre-recorded show and are in the basement with their laptops watching the El Reno show.
It seemed to be stalking you. Like, a desperate annoying person at a party. No matter how many ways you tried to tell it you weren't interested, it still managed to follow you wherever you went.
Probably the two coolest guys on video as close to that devastating record monster, as cool as the Rocky air... Other chasers should take notes about controlled video dialogue in the much safer view zones they typically freak out in.
If you pay extra attention to tbe edges, of the twister at about 5:30 onward till about 6:20 you can really see the sub-vortices around the big multi-vortice wedge. I mean with how close these guys are, they're very lucky they got out of there. Very much in the bear cage and had the twister shifted enough or grown larger. Those same vortices would have been on top of you as they were with the Twistex Team.
THE TRUCKER HAD A VIDEO! Look it up on RUclips. He got picked up. It was right after those cars on the left passed you. SCARY. Awesome to see two points of view. He lived. LOTTERY LUCKY that guy.
Robinson survived (luckiest chaser on the planet) and we all know what happened to the Samaris team. Amazing that they survived and the left turn was a life saver.
I think he survived and Samaras group died because the tornado did a brief abrupt turn due N instead of continuing on its new NE track. Seems like otherwise it would have been a direct collision with Robinson.
Its also important to note that the NWS has the left edge of the "location of maximum width and intensity" of the tornado very near the junction of Reuter and 81, and that would have been only moments after you turned left at that junction. That 'max width and intensity' happened at approx 6:21 pm. see NWS page titled, " The May 31-June 1, 2013 Tornado and Flash Flooding Event " for the graphic
@@melissaallinp.e.5209 They were right into the bear cage of that monster, if the truck drove further then it would've ended up right into that tornado
@@melissaallinp.e.5209 Much, if the chaser hadnt stopped, truck wouldn't have just rolled over it would've have ended up air-borne, they were both in the stronger outer circulation of the tornado, being rain wrapped, visiblity almost zero. Winds with over hundred mile per hour, you couldn't even see the whole damn road, if you really want to criticize, check his over an hour long real footage and trust me, I would do the same he did, I wouldn't give a fuck, better to jam up the traffic or see them being swallowed alive by that beast. The chaser wasnt a messiah, however he chose one of the two lesser evils, he clearly saved that trucker's life that day wether he intended it or not. A question, have you ever drove into the bear cage or rather into th outer wall of a rain wrapped, wedge violent tornado? If so, provide me a better scenario of how the chaser should've handled it better instead of bitching here about this experienced Aussie chaser, who is chasing for years and is trained to do SAR operations when needed
@@melissaallinp.e.5209 the chaser didn't endanger anyone, the tornado did the rules of the road go like this, if you can't see what's in front of you, you stop the damn car, the truck was going waaay too fast for conditions to start with, and if he hadn't stopped he would be one of the fatalities we would be feeling bad about now
I can appreciate this footage . . . but WHY did you not provide some information to the end of it before uploading?? So many tornado vids here on YT cut off before viewers know what happened and it would be nice to know, especially on footage this intense, what happened, what you did, how you made it out, etc.
When you have seen the videos, know the locations and just about where they were at in relation to Dan and Tim this makes this footage so much more intense and realize how lucky these guys were. Glad you made it out alive! Critical decision that was unrealized at the moment. @ 3:09
Pretty sure you were actually within the circulation on while stopped on I-40. You probably had 100+ mph winds there, but fortunately were not hit by any subvortices.
@@beaneatingoni1353 not inside the inner/wedge part of the tornado, but absolutely in the outermost areas of circulation. Those winds were easily 100-110 mph at their most intense points, putting them in high-end EF-1 conditions.
Me staring out my window at the eerily calm weather at 100° waiting for something bad to happen: don't play me dirty mother nature *continues eating my popsicle*
3:22 I think that’s TWISTEX’s tail lights behind the car that’s headed west on Reuter Rd., going toward HWY 81. Those girls had someone directing them and he told them to turn around, fortunately.
He says they were coming out instead of heading east... That means that Dan Robinson and twistex went east already... That solves the riddle... Best decision you guys made to turn left. Save your lives.. Great video
Mark Imes --- Please forgive me. I realize that this is an old post (I only discovered it recently)...but were you speaking with Tim Samaras at 5:36? Also: That shot at 07:05 is horrifying.
Thanks for comments I’ve never spoke with Tim before. Not to long after my release of video I had a person contact me who was his renter that lived next door to him. We corresponded some after. Again thanks for viewing video, it certainly was a day to remember, and always will.
Damn nice job not following the herd and having good situational awareness. I realize there was luck involved too as 30s earlier it wasn’t easy to tell it was turning NE.
I swear, if I didn't Die, laughing at what all ya said. Not that it was funny at all; but, had I been with you, I'd a been saying the SAME. "OH shit! It's about to take us out again! I smell dirt!" "We're in the damn tornado again!" "Holy shit! I'm fixing to go down in the ditch!" "Start praying, now is the time, boys!" "I'm about to jump out and jump in the ditch. I'm serious." I would've long since been jumped out and in the ditch😅 Very good play by play, and again, glad it didn't "take you out!" Why don't you have more chasing video's up? Was this a one & done? I'd love to see more chasing video's from you two!
OMG!!! I just saw the video where another car tapes what happened to that truck!!! it's under: /watch?v=A6YvLHe94hc just freaking amazing!!! you people are sooooooo lucky to be alive!!!
tbf the tornado slowed to a complete crawl as it impacted i40. It even made a small, left 360 degree turn and briefly moved back to the west. Truly was the most unpredictable tornado in history.
I was told by my partner Shane's brother who works for the Norman Weather service that area of the tornado we were in his estimation of the winds were approximately 150 to 170 miles an hour
That Van Who Dashcam Dan Robinson And TWISTEX Chevy Cobalt By moonberry26 They Learn The Tornado Crossing The Road So Now Escape On Highway 81 And They Went On Interstate 40 Then The Tornado Cross Interstate moonberry26 Survive Lucky Dan Robinson Survive And TWISTEX Crew Didn't Make It Timothy Michael Samaras November 12, 1957 - May 31, 2013 Paul Timothy Samaras November 12, 1988 - May 31, 2013 Carl Richard Young May 14, 1968 - May 31, 2013 Rip TWISTEX
You hear them @7:45 ish about the semi. The guy says “we are gonna be rescuing him in a minute” this is what I want everybody to see. They are clearly in extreme danger of being thrown 1/2mile themselves. But his mind did what our human minds do and that’s compartmentalize and tell himself it’s gonna be someone else that get thrown. He can’t even let himself imagine he could be killed himself. This is what I’ve seen humans do time and time again. It’s a beautiful thing to watch how powerful our brains are at convincing us we are fine but everyone else is gonna get screwed up.
id take 20 seconds of video then gotten the hell outa dodge even if I had to run in a field go in a house something wow glad yall are ok never play chicken with a nader you might not win that includes me too many close calls aren't worth dying for
Quite possibly the best video in this storm out there! Had me biting my nails, and I'm not even a nail bitter! Glad u made it ok without having to hit the ditch line! Great video!
Mark Imes It's one year later, and I just watched this again; and, I was going to say exactly the same thing, but I saw my first comment. A year later, and I feel the same😁 Great video of this Monster!
Mark Imes A year later and I've seen all the El Reno videos. Your's is TOP of my list! FYI😁 I keep watching this one, and beyond a doubt, you followed it longer, and had the best shots of it period.
I don't know.. Reed Timmer's video seems scarier to me.. to be close to the tornado and see the multiple vortices around the wedge tornado. That was the scariest thing.
that left-hand turn saved your life - dan robinson and tim samaras were probably about 30 seconds ahead of you on that road, and we know what happened to them.
Thought the same thing.
Exactly what I thought.
what car is dan using
ya that quick decision at about 3:20 into the video was surely a life saver for these guys
So true
One of the best El Reno vids, easy. You had a fascinating view of it from the north as it began to wedge out. You can actually see the funnel where it's rainwrapped in most other vids. Like everyone else is saying, probably saved your lives turning left instead of going straight. Glad you guys made it out safe.
Wooo that “I dunno if you can” literally saved your guys lives that day. Wild
This is without doubt some of the best El Reno footage out there.
thank you for watching and your comments
it was an incredible day
This video is one of the key pieces of evidence that shows the El Reno tornado wedging out over Reuter RD during the time the Twistex vehicle was being overtaken. When Mark turns left off of Reuter onto northbound HWY 81, you see headlights of a vehicle heading west on Reuter approaching HWY 81. I believe (have not confirmed) this was a chase vehicle that turned onto Reuter right behind the Samaras vehicle, but quickly decided to turn around realizing going east was a bad idea. Your video from I-40 from the ~5:40 mark was shot between Alfadale and Radio roads. At one point the camera points up at the wild inflow bands feeding the tornado cyclone.
An interesting observation is how low the cloud base is around the tornado when it comes into view and wedges out. This was the parent wall cloud/SVC (streamwise vorticity current) that was feeding the tornado cyclone vertically tilted and stretched vorticity. The tornado became separated from the wall cloud after the first few minutes of it's life as it tracked southeast then east, while the wall cloud moved generally due east. A massive RFD surge pushed the tornado quickly east across HWY 81 while a DRC (descending reflectivity core) occurs around the north side of the tornado between it and the wall cloud to the north. As this DRC dumps heavy precip around the north side of the tornado, it caused the tornado to become completely rain wrapped to those viewing it from the north as it approached HWY 81. The DRC weakens east of HWY 81 while the intense RFD surge around the south side of the tornado pushed it northeast. As this occurs, the tornado begins to merge back into the parent wall cloud/SVC. My guess is the DRC acted as a "barrier" separating the tornado and the wall cloud (think density current), and once the DRC had weakened, the "barrier" was gone and the tornado made a beeline north back into the wall cloud. Kathryn Piotrowski and a chaser with Jim Bishop (both teams under wall cloud east of HWY 81 on Jensen RD and I-40 respectively) remark in their videos that their ears are popping. My guess is there was an intense pressure drop under the wall cloud as the tornado was being absorbed back into it. The pressure drop created a vacuum that pulled the tornado north? Once the tornado merges with wall cloud (over Reuter RD and the Twistex team) it becomes stationary and the wedge maxes out in size/intensity. It is at this point the El Reno tornado is at it's peak. Unfortunately the Samaras vehicle found themselves right in the middle of it. Brendon Lindsey's video: ruclips.net/video/nZlSJF5ZhEY/видео.html shows the rain/hail core dump on the north side of tornado, separating the tornado (left/south) from wall cloud (right/north). He narrowly escapes the grasp f the tornado as it lunges across HWY 81. Jeff Piotrowski's video: ruclips.net/video/KX8o2loAMhY/видео.html was shot from Jensen RD and he has among the best video of the sub vortex emerging from the rain and wedging out over Reuter. His video does cut out as they approach Radio RD and cuts back in at Evans RD. Kathryn comments about her ears popping. Notice the lowered cloud base to the right of the sub vortex as it emerges from the rain and how it starts to pull scud into it from the wall cloud and begins to quickly grow. In Jim Bishop's video: ruclips.net/video/IhFw0t6f20Y/видео.html you can see their vantage point from I-40 looking southwest as the sub vortex emerges from the rain. You can even see the presumed headlights of the Twistex vehicle (right/west) of tornado and Dan Robinson's headlights (left/east) of the tornado. A reddit user did some photogrammetry and calculated the locations of the headlights match up perfectly with Robinson's and Twistex's known locations at that time: www.reddit.com/r/tornado/comments/p2ck1p/thoughts_about_el_reno_tornado_2013/
Again, note the wall cloud to the right/north of the sub vortex and how the vortex merges with the wall cloud and wedges out. This is the best angle we have and it's quite telling.
Anyway, I am impressed with the situational awareness you guys had, realizing the tornado was turning to the northeast and that taking Reuter RD and continuing east was a bad idea. As others have noted, that decision likely saved your lives. At the end when you all drive into the tornadic circulation on I-40 you were at least aware of what you were doing and where the tornado was relative to your position. Great video!
El Reno has undoubtedly haunted those of us who chased it, whether it was because we had close calls ourselves, or knew/know chasers who had close calls or perished in the storm. It's been nearly 10 years and it's still hard to fathom what happened on that tragic Friday afternoon. RIP Twistex, Richard Henderson, and everyone else who perished in the storm. May your memories be eternal.
Those cars’ headlights have been determined to be on Jensen Rd, which is a mile north of Reuter and a half mile south of I-40.
Wow what an informative comment. Thank you for taking the time to write this.
You are right that is Randy Walton heading back to 81 after turning around. You can also see the tail lights of Emily sutton and the 4warn suv heading east. You can see the 4warn vehicle in Randys video after they turn around. Also I do not believe those headlights are Dan and Twistex. I believe it is Tim Marshall and Jeff Pitrioski who were directly north of twistex on Jensen. If that was Dan and Twistex then you should also be able to see Tim and Jeff who were a mile closer in the same spot but you cant so it has to be Tim and Jeff.
@@betterthanmost9549 yeah, I have gone back and forth on who's headlights those are, and you make a valid point that if you could see Twistex and Dan, you should also be able to see Jeff and Tim.
@gregmclaughlin5341 I've gone deep down the rabbit hole this last month and I've seen several of your insightful comments on other videos
Lol, "We're in the damn tornado again" Cool video.. glad you okay
If you had kept going straight instead of turning left on HWY 81, you wouldn't of made it out alive. Scary stuff, great video, the strongest rear inflow jet I've seen on video that close. Also note: I believe that semi that kept going ahead of you on I-40 is the same semi that rear-ended that Aussie storm chaser and the winds then promptly threw that semi on it's side (the driver and storm chaser were both okay, no serious injuries). You guys chased a historic one.
“Of” and “have” don’t mean the same thing.
@@TheWaynelds Huh? Where did they say of or have? What are you going on about?
@@tabortoothtiger7580 He said “you wouldn’t of made it out alive”, instead of “you wouldn’t have made it out alive”.
@@TheWaynelds what's our next English lesson ? lol Good spotting of improper grammar!
@@TheWaynelds fuck and off don’t mean the same thing but I think you get the hint. 😉
Quite possibly the best video in this storm out there! Had me biting my nails, and I'm not even a nail bitter! Glad u made it ok without having to hit the ditch line! Great video!
Guys were incredibly calm considering ya prob had vortexes dancing around your veh.
Sorry it took so long to reply
Thank you for viewing the video
Very much appreciate it
"Everybody's going east, let's go" "I don't know if you can.." that somehow left goosebumps on me
Me too! That one turn, had they taken it, they may not have lived to see another day. Reuter Road. Kudos to whichever one, said, "I don't think we can."
The best footage out there on El Reno and I have watched just about all of it. Y'all are Cray Cray and glad you're okay kay.
Thank you for viewing video
Chase partner Shane and I appreciate it.
7:05 incredible footage in bears cage under inflow jet. everytime I think I have viewed every bit of el reno footage available to the public, something else surfaces. Obsessed with every angle and that footage @ 7:05 tho short, is visceral. Anyone who chases has more than a degree of blind-faith which allows them to do this job, Glad you survived this behemoth guys😌
What’s the bears cage?
The bear's cage is a metaphor to describe a rain wrapped tornado. The curtains of rain wrapping around the tornado are the cage. The tornado is the bear.
@@jesskrieger5625 just seeing this. Greg McLaughlin answered it best here for ya!
@@GregMc_wx great explanatiom! And you can literally see that jet whipping above them @ 7:05 where passenger takes camera and points it at sky. The jet looks like Baja peninsula, spinning. It's like a funnel. Actually maybe it is a satellite suction vortex. Anyway,it's eerie way too close. These guys were pretty chill,despite
Did the tornado expand onto your vehicle?
7:35 I believe that's the truck that nearly hit Daniel Shaw. It did go over when it's trailer was lifted off the ground, and Daniel pulled his car behind it to get some protection from the wind.
Great and important video because it shows this tornado from vantage points not captured well in other videos of it - that is, from the north of it as it is strengthening and widening in the area around and past 81 until it got to I-40. Its a good thing you turned north onto 81 from Reuter instead of going straight because you may have gotten dangerously trapped in the tornado on Reuter another mile past 81. Another 2 miles straight on Reuter east of 81 is where the Twistex car was found.
Well, shit man, I just dropped my bowl in the couch man!
3:22 those headlights seen there are the headlights of Randy Waltons vehicle. Just about a minute before, he was travelling north on 81, and captured Dan Robinson and the Twistex crew crossing 81. He decided to follow, but he then noticed the tornado's left turn, and whipped the car back west. Had he continued east on Reuter, he would have had the same fate as Tim Paul and Carl, being rolled and tossed.
I keep getting drawn to the el rino tornado 😱
Tornadoes are a fascinating phenomenom to begin with. This monster is an anomaly and certainly mesmerizing, majestic and horrifying all at once. The shear power yet delicate nature of this beast has a nagging lure that is hard to overcome ..... a true killer indeed. Luckily only 8 (I think it was 8) did not survive...... probably should have been many more.
Damn going left was what saved your life
I think this is the best El Reno video I have watched!!!! Glad you made it!!
Thanks so much for watching and your reply
Wow! The best footage out there for sure! Obviously very lucky to have lived through it! Can’t believe this is the first time I’ve seen this! Thank GOD you lived through it!
Thanks for viewing video
Really appreciate it
Looking forward to this season
sorry took so long to reply
thanks for viewing video. I do appreciate your comments and insight on that day. I really do appreciate the information you provided. Thanks again.
I chased the Moore tornado....i'm so glad i decided that morning not to go out toward el-reno....i saw all the chaser's and looked at the road network and said hell no....glad you made it.
One of my favorite videos. I always visit this site in the spring. This storm reminds me of a hurricane.
When you are sitting in the ditch and the driver takes the camera and points it into the sky, you can see somewhat
the structure of this beast. Maybe the guys at the radio station are playing a pre-recorded show and are in the basement
with their laptops watching the El Reno show.
"Smell that dirt? That suckers pickin' up dirt! Smell that dirt?! I smell dirt!"
It seemed to be stalking you. Like, a desperate annoying person at a party. No matter how many ways you tried to tell it you weren't interested, it still managed to follow you wherever you went.
Probably the two coolest guys on video as close to that devastating record monster, as cool as the Rocky air... Other chasers should take notes about controlled video dialogue in the much safer view zones they typically freak out in.
If you pay extra attention to tbe edges, of the twister at about 5:30 onward till about 6:20 you can really see the sub-vortices around the big multi-vortice wedge. I mean with how close these guys are, they're very lucky they got out of there. Very much in the bear cage and had the twister shifted enough or grown larger. Those same vortices would have been on top of you as they were with the Twistex Team.
Intense video! My condolences to the family and friends of the people who lost their lives! I'm glad you guys are ok.
Great to meet you Mark!! Amazing video!!
"I'm about to jump out and jump in the ditch" sums it up very well. Great 'sitting on the edge of your seat' video, guys.
Thank you for comments
Definitely a day that won't be forgot
@@markimes1552 no shit its now 2 years later and i bet it still seems like yesterday. Probably had nightmares about that day huh?
@@donfields1234 you posted this comment back in 2019. This happened back in 2013, so you meant 6 years ago, not 2.
THE TRUCKER HAD A VIDEO! Look it up on RUclips. He got picked up. It was right after those cars on the left passed you. SCARY. Awesome to see two points of view. He lived. LOTTERY LUCKY that guy.
Wow, I'm surprised I haven't seen this video yet until now.
Robinson survived (luckiest chaser on the planet) and we all know what happened to the Samaris team. Amazing that they survived and the left turn was a life saver.
I think he survived and Samaras group died because the tornado did a brief abrupt turn due N instead of continuing on its new NE track. Seems like otherwise it would have been a direct collision with Robinson.
Its also important to note that the NWS has the left edge of the "location of maximum width and intensity" of the tornado very near the junction of Reuter and 81, and that would have been only moments after you turned left at that junction. That 'max width and intensity' happened at approx 6:21 pm.
see NWS page titled, " The May 31-June 1, 2013 Tornado and Flash Flooding Event " for the graphic
Prollum Ossifer I
This is the 2nd video ive seen of teh US Express freightliner before it rolled over onto the aussie chaser
I think he called it even because he would have driven further into a tornado if he kept going.
@@melissaallinp.e.5209 They were right into the bear cage of that monster, if the truck drove further then it would've ended up right into that tornado
@@melissaallinp.e.5209 Much, if the chaser hadnt stopped, truck wouldn't have just rolled over it would've have ended up air-borne, they were both in the stronger outer circulation of the tornado, being rain wrapped, visiblity almost zero. Winds with over hundred mile per hour, you couldn't even see the whole damn road, if you really want to criticize, check his over an hour long real footage and trust me, I would do the same he did, I wouldn't give a fuck, better to jam up the traffic or see them being swallowed alive by that beast. The chaser wasnt a messiah, however he chose one of the two lesser evils, he clearly saved that trucker's life that day wether he intended it or not. A question, have you ever drove into the bear cage or rather into th outer wall of a rain wrapped, wedge violent tornado? If so, provide me a better scenario of how the chaser should've handled it better instead of bitching here about this experienced Aussie chaser, who is chasing for years and is trained to do SAR operations when needed
@@melissaallinp.e.5209 Oh here is the whole video, enjoy and then come back later: ruclips.net/video/2SbQ1hbrLLA/видео.html
@@melissaallinp.e.5209 the chaser didn't endanger anyone, the tornado did
the rules of the road go like this, if you can't see what's in front of you, you stop the damn car, the truck was going waaay too fast for conditions to start with, and if he hadn't stopped he would be one of the fatalities we would be feeling bad about now
I can appreciate this footage . . . but WHY did you not provide some information to the end of it before uploading?? So many tornado vids here on YT cut off before viewers know what happened and it would be nice to know, especially on footage this intense, what happened, what you did, how you made it out, etc.
Was that Tim Samarus he was talking to on the phone?
I wonder if that’s the semi in another video?!
At: &:06 I Never saw the outside of it , that is not filmed underneath shelf like part but it is really cool to see!
Why did you continue to drive into the thing?
So did y'all get in a ditch? Glad y'all made it out alive.
When you have seen the videos, know the locations and just about where they were at in relation to Dan and Tim this makes this footage so much more intense and realize how lucky these guys were. Glad you made it out alive! Critical decision that was unrealized at the moment. @ 3:09
Pretty sure you were actually within the circulation on while stopped on I-40. You probably had 100+ mph winds there, but fortunately were not hit by any subvortices.
So he was inside the tornado(or main wedge) at the moment? O.O
@@beaneatingoni1353 not inside the inner/wedge part of the tornado, but absolutely in the outermost areas of circulation. Those winds were easily 100-110 mph at their most intense points, putting them in high-end EF-1 conditions.
Fuck thats so sad to hear tim call you, tears as my heart weeps for you all
Oh, I feel bad the semi!
Me staring out my window at the eerily calm weather at 100° waiting for something bad to happen: don't play me dirty mother nature *continues eating my popsicle*
3:22 I think that’s TWISTEX’s tail lights behind the car that’s headed west on Reuter Rd., going toward HWY 81. Those girls had someone directing them and he told them to turn around, fortunately.
Nice job thanks for not yelling
RIP Tim Samaris and son colleague
Whoo! That was dope!!
Rest in peace my friend Tim Paul Carl 🪦
He says they were coming out instead of heading east... That means that Dan Robinson and twistex went east already... That solves the riddle... Best decision you guys made to turn left. Save your lives.. Great video
Why does it cut off there?
Why did it end so abruptly?!?
Unbelievable!
Just wow. Intense
Just WOW!
Yep, you never put you're own life on the line because others are doing it, you're life is in you're own hands!
The view at 7:05 is similar to what an ant must see looking up the side of a toilet bowl in a bathroom stahl .The sound must be deafening .
sheeiiiiiiiiiiiiiit! I need one calorie more.! Sky high in Colorado one calorie sota and coors and bumpy road down they went.
I Wonder who's Polaroid! Was on the dash. My condolences! God Bless U were Ever you be .
They were probably 5 feet from the 295 mph winds
Wow, too close for me!
Chilling!
Cant believe that semi just drove right in to that vortex deadly move the chasers a little to close.
Holy God, you guys were practically in the bears cage there.
WOW, IT IS TRUE MONSTER TORNADO!!!
(:O)
Wow..
Mark Imes --- Please forgive me. I realize that this is an old post (I only discovered it recently)...but were you speaking with Tim Samaras at 5:36?
Also: That shot at 07:05 is horrifying.
Thanks for comments
I’ve never spoke with Tim before. Not to long after my release of video I had a person contact me who was his renter that lived next door to him. We corresponded some after. Again thanks for viewing video, it certainly was a day to remember, and always will.
@James Nuttes why the rude comment?
@James Nuttes it's just unwarranted
@James Nuttes the guy didn't say anything to prompt such a reply and it does make people feel like crap for no reason
Damn nice job not following the herd and having good situational awareness. I realize there was luck involved too as 30s earlier it wasn’t easy to tell it was turning NE.
That was sucking everything around it in and that truck driver,had no idea what he was doing if he didn't keep driving into it
Ironically Moving North and West would have saved a lot of people .
I swear, if I didn't Die, laughing at what all ya said. Not that it was funny at all; but, had I been with you, I'd a been saying the SAME. "OH shit! It's about to take us out again! I smell dirt!" "We're in the damn tornado again!" "Holy shit! I'm fixing to go down in the ditch!" "Start praying, now is the time, boys!" "I'm about to jump out and jump in the ditch. I'm serious."
I would've long since been jumped out and in the ditch😅 Very good play by play, and again, glad it didn't "take you out!" Why don't you have more chasing video's up? Was this a one & done? I'd love to see more chasing video's from you two!
4:25 personal reference
6:43
8:00
I wonder if he lived. Because the Mark imes is quite, like Will a ditch Work?
OMG!!! I just saw the video where another car tapes what happened to that truck!!! it's under: /watch?v=A6YvLHe94hc
just freaking amazing!!! you people are sooooooo lucky to be alive!!!
ory raci Yea it ended up rolling over on top of another storm chaser from australia, he has a youtube page as well (freenewsau)
You drove into the tornado on I-40 despite previously recognizing that I-40 turned right into the tornado
tbf the tornado slowed to a complete crawl as it impacted i40. It even made a small, left 360 degree turn and briefly moved back to the west. Truly was the most unpredictable tornado in history.
What do you estimate speed of inflow jet?
I was told by my partner Shane's brother who works for the Norman Weather service that area of the tornado we were in his estimation of the winds were approximately 150 to 170 miles an hour
At least you weren't in the sub vortices.
Lol!
Ohh laaaawd, look at dat der tornader!
OH Gosh
Take a left,
Terrifying
You are very lucky
Thanks for viewing video
Very much appreciate it
The Rave Party?
That Van Who Dashcam Dan Robinson And TWISTEX Chevy Cobalt By moonberry26 They Learn The Tornado Crossing The Road So Now Escape On Highway 81 And They Went On Interstate 40 Then The Tornado Cross Interstate moonberry26 Survive
Lucky Dan Robinson Survive And TWISTEX Crew Didn't Make It
Timothy Michael Samaras
November 12, 1957 - May 31, 2013
Paul Timothy Samaras
November 12, 1988 - May 31, 2013
Carl Richard Young
May 14, 1968 - May 31, 2013
Rip TWISTEX
You hear them @7:45 ish about the semi. The guy says “we are gonna be rescuing him in a minute” this is what I want everybody to see. They are clearly in extreme danger of being thrown 1/2mile themselves. But his mind did what our human minds do and that’s compartmentalize and tell himself it’s gonna be someone else that get thrown. He can’t even let himself imagine he could be killed himself. This is what I’ve seen humans do time and time again. It’s a beautiful thing to watch how powerful our brains are at convincing us we are fine but everyone else is gonna get screwed up.
AND THE AWARD FOR BIGGEST BALLS OF THE YEAR GOES TO..........
I got picked up in this tornado outside el rino and dropped off 25 miles north east. Had to hitchhike back to the city. One hell of a ride.
Same, it just carried me around for a while and then threw me into some field. It took me a while to walk back home
@@esco5593 what are you serious or are you just being sarcastic.
@@gudlukkay Dead serious, I was just taking a bath and all of a sudden I got picked up. Some of my friends saw me naked, it was embarrassing
Everybody in the comments I know what happened they die
What good came from this video?
lol
id take 20 seconds of video then gotten the hell outa dodge even if I had to run in a field go in a house something wow glad yall are ok never play chicken with a nader you might not win that includes me too many close calls aren't worth dying for
awesome video....but...stupid is as stupid does.
This guy's language stinks.
Are u serious what the heck would u be saying,I think u would be cussing too
@@alvaldez4237 Yeap.
Quite possibly the best video in this storm out there! Had me biting my nails, and I'm not even a nail bitter! Glad u made it ok without having to hit the ditch line! Great video!
Thanks for watching, and comments
It was definitely a day I'll never forget
Mark Imes It's one year later, and I just watched this again; and, I was going to say exactly the same thing, but I saw my first comment. A year later, and I feel the same😁 Great video of this Monster!
Mark Imes A year later and I've seen all the El Reno videos. Your's is TOP of my list! FYI😁 I keep watching this one, and beyond a doubt, you followed it longer, and had the best shots of it period.
I don't know.. Reed Timmer's video seems scarier to me.. to be close to the tornado and see the multiple vortices around the wedge tornado. That was the scariest thing.